562 patch recipes

Appropriate for Halloween, this dirt cake couldn't be easier to prepare.

Fresh strawberry pie with whole berries set in a gelatin glaze inside a meringue cracker crust with walnuts. A showstopping no-bake filling in a crispy shell.

No-bake pumpkin patch pie with orange sherbet, whipped topping, and chopped Oreos in a chocolate cookie crust. A frozen Halloween dessert kids decorate themselves with candy pumpkins.

Rustic ground beef and cabbage stew with kidney beans, stewed tomatoes, and chili powder, plus optional drop dumplings on top. Hearty comfort food in 30 minutes.

The salad was filling, tasty and nutritious. I always try to find ways to use whole grains, beans, and fresh veggies, and this recipe has certainly fit my expectation quite well. I served it over a bed of lightly dressed arugula, and I loved it.

Halloween pumpkin patch cake built from two devil's food bundts stacked face-to-face, frosted orange, with a green cupcake stem and candy corn jack-o-lantern face. Easy showstopper for kids' parties.

A retro no-bake strawberry parfait pie made with lemon gelatin, strawberry ice cream, and fresh berries in a flaky pie shell. Includes a pineapple variation. Cool, creamy, and ready from fridge to table in about an hour.

They are buttery, flakey and soft in the inside, but still crispy on the outside. Chocolate chips give the extra yumminess in every bite.

Welsh batch scone baked as one round and scored into wedges, spiced with cinnamon, ginger, and mace, studded with raisins and dates. Traditional teatime bread.

Fisherman's catch chowder: a slow cooker fish chowder with mixed white-fish fillets, tomatoes, white wine, clam juice, rosemary, and a cream-and-butter finish stirred in at the end.

Fisherman's Catch sandwiches are kid-friendly fish-shaped bread sandwiches filled with canned salmon, cream cheese, and cucumber, decorated with cucumber slice "scales."

These delicious cookies made with chocolate chips are perfect for satisfying that chocolate craving!

Mom's small-batch pecan pralines with brown sugar, Karo corn syrup, evaporated milk, and pecan halves. Cooked to soft-ball stage and dropped on wax paper for classic Southern candy.

Meat spagetti sauce that uses whisky. The best pasta sauce I have ever had. With a bushel of fresh in-season plum tomatoes I made enough for the winter. It was worth it! This is a reguler large size version.

Big-batch red lentil soup spiced with cumin, coriander, jalapeño, and oregano, finished with cilantro and a tangy lime cream. Makes enough to eat now and freeze two-thirds for later.

This version of homemade Andouille pokr sausage features generous seasoning with paprika.